GuysI have now been using Shimano Ultegra R8000 peddles for over a month and love them. The cleats I am using are the yellow ones which I believe have the most float. I’m thinking of changing to a stiffer cleat (less float) but wounded if it would make it harder to clip out ?Does anyone have any experience with this?Thanks in advance Neil

The cleat float is independent of the release tension - that's set by the spring adjuster in the pedal. It may feel a little easier to unclip as you have to turn your foot less to hit the engagement point for unclipping, and of course cleat positioning becomes more critical.

pwa wrote:If one foot needs more of a twist than the other to get to the release point, one of the cleats needs shifting a little.

What I mean is my left foot floats more than my right foot. Also my left foot is the preferred clip out first footNeil ...

There may be crossed wires here. A pair of (matching) cleats with matching pedals should each have the same amount of float. The arc in which the float occurs will vary depending on the position of the cleat. As hamster posted, ease of release (in terms of how hard you have to twist) is dependent on the setting of the pedal mechanism. The big issue is that float can disguise incorrect cleat position, in that the more tightly your foot is held in a bad position, the greater the risk of joint damage. On top of that some riders' feet naturally move about a bit while riding, even if their cleats are correctly positioned.

If anything the un clearing becomes easier with the 2 degree float ( blue ) cleats, and the zero float ( red ) cleats. The difference is the width of the ‘nose’ of the cleat. The lower the degree of float you have, the better you have to get the alignment of everything / fit, or any issues will end up being taken out on your knees.

I don't know whether SPD-SL is the same, but with SPD cleats there are ridges on the back that leave indentations in the shoe sole, which make it very difficult to make small adjustments to cleat position

my prediction; you will be happier with the release initially, but after you have ridden on them for no more than a few weeks you will mysteriously have painful knees. Probably no amount of fiddling with the cleat setting will help; there is a reason why the default cleats are the ones with the most float.